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Scope and research approach

The aim of the study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the adult learning
and education (ALE) sector in Georgia, and to identify recent developments and
challenges. The basis for the study structure is a comprehensive table of contents

which serves as a guide and has been developed by DVVI in cooperation with the
German Institute for Adult Education.

This study was implemented by a team of researchers and identify knowledge and data gaps. The resulting
who worked closely together and were selected by preliminary country portfolios set the stage for
DVV International. The team was made up of two qualitative data collection in the next research step.
international experts, Hannah Pfanzelt and Andreas Directed by the results of the desk research, semi-
Pfanzelt, and one national research assistant, Shota structured interviews were conducted, via video call,
Vashakmadze. to externally verify, complement and supplement
the preliminary research findings with the practical
The methodological approach that was adopted by knowledge and on-site experience of national, regional

the researchers combined intensive desk research and international ALE experts. These supplementary
with semi-structured expert interviews. This enabled interviews were a decisive source of information about
data and information to be gathered and added the state of ALE where online information was scarce.
step by step throughout the research process. A Based on their expert knowledge and experience, a
first step involved a systematic review of existing total of five ALE experts from macro, meso and micro
data, central national and international documents levels in Georgia were selected as interview partners
and strategies, as well as literature provided by (including one expert from the DVVI country office in

DVVI and the national experts. The main source of Georgia). For all the interviews, questionnaires with
information was secondary data, which was available various guiding questions were developed and shared
at national, regional and international level, such as with the interviewees in advance. These questions
academic literature, analytical papers, policy briefs, served as a broad thematic guideline during the
evaluation documents, reports and publications interviews. The interviews lasted an average of one
from governments, international agencies and civil hour, and were held from mid-November 2020 to
society organisations. Primary data from surveys or January 2021.
international databases was also analysed wherever
available. In addition, information from the region which In a third phase of the research process, data and

has recently been compiled by DVVI was examined information gathered by means of desk research
(e.g. DVV 2021, Adult Education Survey in Georgia). and interviews were clustered and put into written
text. Comments from the German Institute for Adult
The main goal in the first research phase was to Education, DVVI and the national experts guided the
collect relevant data along the predefined chapters preparation of the final study document.

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